Bitcoin calendar.
Halvings and network upgrades, the US releases that move markets, conferences, and the anniversaries of Bitcoin's history. Dates are in UTC.
In 11 days
Difficulty adjustment
NetworkThursday 12 November (estimate)
At block 975,744, mining is expected to get about 0.5% easier, so blocks keep arriving about every 10 minutes.
April 2024
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| 15 | 16Bitcoin Core 27 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20The fourth halving | 21 |
| 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
| 29 | 30 |
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Events in April 2024
Tuesday 16 April929 days ago
Bitcoin Core 27.0 encrypts connections by default
Bitcoin Core 27.0 turned on BIP 324 by default, so two nodes that both support it encrypt the connection between them. BIP 324, co-written by Pieter Wuille, makes it harder for an eavesdropper to tell where a transaction came from.
NetworkSourceGitHub, Bitcoin Core 27.0 release (published 2024-04-16T20:16:23Z)
Saturday 20 April925 days ago
The fourth halving
At block 840,000 the reward for mining a block fell from 6.25 to 3.125 bitcoin, the fourth halving.
Network · 00:09 UTCSee block 840,000SourceBitcoin Core source, nSubsidyHalvingInterval = 210000